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Cantwara mægþ

(n.)
Grammar
Cantwara mægþ, e; f.
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The county of Kent, men of Kent; Cantianorum provincia On Cantwara mægþe in the county of Kent, Bd. pref; S. 471, 26

fyrn-syn

(n.)
Grammar
fyrn-syn, -synn, e; f.

A sin of yorepriscum peccātum

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A sin of yore; priscum peccātum Fyrnsynna fruma the author of sins of yore, Exon. 70 b; Th. 263, 9; Jul. 347

eald-wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
eald-wérig, adj.

Vile of old jampridem malignus

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Vile of old; jampridem malignus Ealdwérige Egypta folc the folk of Egypt vile of old, Cd. 145; Th. 180, 24; Exod. 50

Linked entries: wearg eald-a-wered

here-mæcg

(n.)
Grammar
here-mæcg, es; m.

A man of warwarriorman

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A man of war, warrior, man [used of the men of Sodom when attacking Lot], Cd. 114; Th. 149, 31; Gen. 2483

pos-hlíwe

(n.)
Grammar
pos-hlíwe, an; f.
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Some kind of shelter (?) Tó poshlíwan; of poshlíwan, C. D. iii. 82, 2. Cf. (?) Tó posses hlǽwe; of ðǽm hlǽwe, 415, 30

gafol-swán

a swineherd who had a herd of swine from the lord on condition of paying a certain part of the stock.

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Add: a swineherd who had a herd of swine from the lord on condition of paying a certain part of the stock

Sweordoras

(n.)
Grammar
Sweordoras, (?); pl. m.
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A people of Mercia occupying a district of three hundred hidesCod. Dip. B. i. 414, 21. Sweordora þryú hund hýda (the name occurs in a list of districts in the land of the Mercians)

rinden

(adj.)

Of bark

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Of bark Of rindenum corticeo, Germ. 390, 43

hring-nett

(n.)
Grammar
hring-nett, es; n.
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A net-work of rings, a coat of mail formed of rings Hringnet bǽron locene leoþosyrcan, Beo. Th. 3783; B. 1889

þiging

(n.)
Grammar
þiging, e; f.
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The taking of anything to eat or drink, eating or drinking Of metta and of drincena þiginge, Lchdm. ii. 244, 12

un-áwemmedness

(n.)
Grammar
un-áwemmedness, e; f.

Incorruption

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Incorruption Crist gewát of deáðe tó lífe, and of brosnunga tó unáwemmednysse, and of wíte tó wuldre, Anglia viii. 330, 10

cláþ-weóce

(n.)
Grammar
cláþ-weóce, an; f.
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A small piece of cloth used as a wick Of bedrýpedum cláþe, of gedrýpydre cláþweócan linteolo ebrio (madido ), Germ. 391, 18

un-timber

(n.)
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worthless material ? Hié hira godu hæfdon geworhte of treówum and of stánum and of óðrum untimbrum (antimbrum ?) missenlicum, Verc. Först. 176

ende-líf

(n.)
Grammar
ende-líf, es; n.

An end of life, death vīta fīnīta, mors

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An end of life, death; vīta fīnīta, mors Wurdon hie deáþes on wénan, ádes and endelífes they were in expectation of death, of the funeral pilē and end of life, Elen. Kmbl. 1166; El. 585

eldra

(adj.)

elder, older sĕnior

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elder, older; sĕnior Heora eldran fæder of their older father, of their grandfather, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 32, MS. Cot; comp. of eald

fyrn-man

(n.)
Grammar
fyrn-man, -mann, es; m.

A man of yorequi ōlim vixit

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A man of yore; qui ōlim vixit Geseah he fyrnmanna fatu he saw vessels of men of yore, Beo. Th. 5515; B. 2761

Angle

(n.)
Grammar
Angle, g. a; dat. um; pl. m.

The ANGLES

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The ANGLES, who came from Anglen [v. Angel = Engel Anglen] in Denmark, and occupied the greater part of England, from Suffolk to the Frith of Forth, including Mercia. Bede says, — Ðæt mynster, Æbbercurníg, ðæt is geseted on Engla lande the minster, Abercorn

sorh-byrðen

(n.)

a burden of sorrow, a grievous trouble

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a burden of sorrow, a grievous trouble Ðæt (the drowning of a number of people) wæs sorgbyrðen, Andr. Kmbl. 3063; An. 1534

deáþ-beám

(n.)
Grammar
deáþ-beám, es; m.

A death-tree, tree of deathmortis arbor, mortifĕra

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A death-tree, tree of death; mortis arbor, mortifĕra Deáþbeámes ofet fruit of the tree of death, Cd. 30; Th. 40, 13; Gen. 638

ge-bétung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-bétung, -béttung, e; f. [gebétan to better]

A betteringamendingrepairingrenewingrestoringemendātioinstaurātio

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A bettering, amending, repairing, renewing, restoring; emendātio, instaurātio Be ciricena gebétunge of the repairing of churches, L. Edm. E. 5; Th. i. 246, 9. Be burga gebettunge of repairing of fortresses, L. Ath. i. 13; Th. i. 206. 13

Linked entry: bétung